Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Well, one important thing youll need to know is RNAV approaches. These approaches use GPS to help you land and offer more flexibility than traditional systems like ILS. In this guide, you’ll learn how RNAV approaches work, the different types available, and tips to make them feel natural and straightforward.

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Professional Pilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

Collins Aerospace The Pro Line Fusion integrated avionics system offers an all-in-one solution for flight deck modernization, and enhances safety, situational awareness (SA), and operational efficiency across aircraft platforms. Pro Line Fusion provides the industrys first touch-control primary flight display (PFD).

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Professional Pilot

APRIL 3, 2025

Under visual flight rules (VFR) during daytime, a pilot can operate with only basic gauges: an airspeed indicator, altimeter, compass, fuel gauges for each tank, and oil temperature, pressure, and engine RPM readings. The 91.205 minimum equipment rule is very rudimentary, and most aircraft today exceed these requirements.

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Professional Pilot

OCTOBER 10, 2024

However, when Gulfstream introduced its Honeywell-made Synthetic Vision System – Primary Flight Display to business aircraft in 2005, it was the real thing. The group concluded that 17 had been caused by darkness or instrument flight rules (IFR) conditions that deprived pilots of their outside visual references.

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AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

An autopilot and Aspen primary flight display reduce workload on long flights. Cherokee Six instrument panel Like my airline job, I fly nearly paperless using an iPad Mini and the ForeFlight app for navigation charts. The approach and taxi are time compressed; the landing is normal speed.

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